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The two biggest news stories in Toronto are the preparations and security for the G20 Summit and the FIFA World Cup of soccer. These are also the two big topics of conversation in the kitchen at my office space Toronto. Now that the building that houses my Toronto office space is included in one of the yellow security zones for the G20 summit, people are talking about it. Just as much as they are talking about some of the unexpected upsets at the world cup. No one expected the Swiss team to defeat the Spanish powerhouse, the Spanish have been predicted as one of the teams that is expected to win the World Cup. I have never been a big soccer fan, but there is something about this World Cup that has caught my attention. I have never been able to watch a full match on TV, yet these past few d...

Telsec downtown Toronto office space management has been working with the building management, who have been working with federal and municipal law enforcement to provide a safe and secure environment for our tenants during the period leading up to the G20 summit. Here are some of the recommendations It is strongly suggested that tenants avoid scheduling meetings between June 21-28, 2010 and also not schedule deliveries during this week. Large deliveries to the building will require 24 hours advance notice. The Integrated Security Unit for G20 has now announced the security-perimeters and traffic flow patterns which are outlined on the attached map. There will be “Traffic Control Zones” controlled by police within the boundaries of King Street, Queens Quay, Spadina, and Yonge....

Day four of the FIFA World Cup of Soccer brings Italy’s first game of this World Cup. The game has been widely anticipated around Toronto. Restaurants and pubs throughout the city are packed with fans who have taken this Monday afternoon off to watch their team in its first game of this tournament. While getting a coffee in the kitchen at my downtown Toronto office space this morning, there were a few people talking about how they would love to be able to get out to a pub to enjoy the Italy VS Paraguay. For most people who cannot get out of their office space in Toronto, the reality is that they would probably watch the game on the Internet or listen over the radio. As I am writing this blog, a fellow who has Toronto executive office space down the hall from me, just sent me an email mess...

For most of the next month, millions of people around the world will be glued to television sets and computer screens watching 32 nation teams compete in South Africa for the most coveted trophy in the sports world , the FIFA World Cup. World Cup fever has even reached my Toronto office space! I am working in the office on this Saturday afternoon and so are a bunch of other office space Toronto clients. What is interesting today is that there are some people I am used to seeing in suits dressed casually, some even wearing t-shirts and jerseys that support their FIFA World Cup team. When I walked past one of the Toronto meeting rooms, the door was open and a small group of people were sitting around a laptop computer watching the match between England and the USA. Even when I left my office...

The Toronto Sun splashed the headline of “It’s official: Leafs are NHL’s biggest losers”. I think the biggest losers are the Toronto Maple Leaf fans, as this new title will probably never be beaten by any other team. When the Chicago Blackhawks won game 6 of the 2010 Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday night, the longest championship drought in National Hockey League history came to a conclusion. Chicago had held the record for number of seasons without a Stanley Cup. Now the current record holder is the Toronto Maple Leafs with having the longest current Stanley Cup dry spell, 43 years. Going back to the days of Harold Ballard, the management and owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs realized that they did not have to put a high salary team on the ice to fill every seat in the a...

While the actual G20 Summit is not actually until June 26 and 27th, Torontonians are already getting frustrated by the traffic inconveniences caused by the security fences for the restricted driving zones of the downtown core and around some of the hotels like the Westin Harbour Castle . The parking lot used by many Toronto office space clients at 1 Yonge street is accessed by Freeland Street, which is one block east of Yonge and is outside of the restricted zone. The traffic congestion in front of the Westin Harbour Castle along Queens Quay may cause a slowdown getting to it. Not all the traffic woes around the perimeter of the restricted zone will be caused by security checks, but by the people the security zone is intending to keep out… the protesters. Some condo owners inside ...

There are six main candidates in this mayoral race Rob Ford, Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Pantalone, Rocco Rossi, George Smitherman and Sarah Thomson along with another 20 candidates that many of us have never heard of. Hopefully the six primary candidates will keep coming up with plans that help keep bloggers writing about this election and getting the public interested in actually going out and voting. It is interesting that this will be the first Toronto mayoral election that social media sites and twitter will be in full gear by most of the candidates; including some of the lesser know candidates. Mayoral candidate Giorgio Mammoliti wants to replace cars on the Gardiner Expressway with pedestrian and cycling lanes as well as leaving a few lanes for Public Transit. The roads that were left do...

I got an interesting email today from a friend who moved their downtown Toronto office space to Telsec a few months ago. He made a business trip to New York City this week and was able to use a meeting room in New York as part of his office space Toronto arrangement. Having the access to this meeting room impressed his clients so much they signed a deal with him and now they want office space at the location. (hope I get a commission on that deal … LOL) This story is not unique, many business people with office space downtown Toronto at Telsec utilize the available meeting rooms at one of the 650 office space locations in over 40 countries. When Toronto office space clients are planning a trip to another city, they can talk to the staff at Telsec who will help them book a meeting r...

Today is the 66th anniversary of D-Day. A day to remember approximately 215,000 Allied soldiers, who were killed or wounded during D-Day and the ensuing months it took to secure the capture of Normandy. In the early hours of June 6, 1944, landing craft carrying approximately 14,000 young Canadians troops, who where members of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, prepared to storm the heavily – fortified Normandy coastline. The Canadian forces, under British command, were assigned to Juno Beach, it was also known as the Canadian beach. With the exception of Omaha Beach, the Canadians unknowingly faced the strongest opposition. The battle for Juno Beach cost 340 Canadian lives and resulted in another 574 wounded. The original planned date for the invasi...

It is amazing the things that people are searching for at midnight on a Friday night. It seems tonight the biggest trend in terms of searches is whether the character known as the Undertaker in WWE is indeed dead. It amazes me who is up at midnight trying to find out whether a fictional character on wrestling tv show is dead. So I followed the link and found that there are hundreds of blogs that are dedicated to wrestling news, and many of them are blogging about the particular storyline. When I saw this google trend, I thought the actor Mark Callaway who plays the Undertaker had passed away. This was not the case, but people are speculating on a storyline and how it will play out. Wow the power of the Internet. I want to know when people search for “office space Toronto”, obviously it is...